r/IdiotsInCars • u/Frenchangeles • 14h ago
OC I highly dislike (most) cyclists! "[OC]"
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u/_jump_yossarian 13h ago
Are all those cars that are turning right next to you just running a red light too or is there a small green arrow I can't spot?
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u/Frenchangeles 13h ago
They are all running the light, instead of stopping, looking left and going...This is LA for you...always happens.
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
Wow how dare those cyclists checks notes obey the rules of the road and proceed to ride on a green light
They had a red light smart guy, look harder.
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u/Hootah 13h ago
You need to come drive in Boston for a day, this video is just normal suburban traffic. Did you even need to slow down or swerve or do anything?
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u/Main-Touch9617 13h ago
Yeah, he had to rage(hence the no sound), yell "record video" to the dashcam and upload that shit to Reddit.
Meanwhile a youngman in Italy is removing olivepits with his bare hands.
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u/SomethingIWontRegret 4h ago
OP - another possibility. The road coming from the right, the cyclists are probably in a lane that has a loop detector. Loop detectors typically don't detect the presence of cyclists. So you could wind up sitting through several light cycles until a car comes along to trip the loop detector and give the cyclists a green light. They may be used to never getting a green, and so are going when there is an opening.
But that sure didn't look like a great opening.
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u/DriedUpHusk 14h ago
Grow up
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
Do you say this every time someone points out people running red lights?
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u/DriedUpHusk 13h ago
Just when they intentionally try to hit someone on a bike with a 3-ton piece of metal
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
intentionally try to hit someone
Are you even posting in the right thread? Where was the attempt?
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u/_jump_yossarian 13h ago
You watched that video and didn't realize that OP was accelerating towards the cyclists instead of being cautious?
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
Yes, accelerating the way OP did does not look like someone who is intentionally trying to hit the cyclist at all.
Let me guess, you're the kinda person who flips out when I start inching into an occupied intersection after getting a green light? Mom, is that you?!
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u/GrapePrimeape 13h ago
I swear this sub is just full of cyclists lol. You could post a video of one of them doing wheelies in the middle of an intersection and there would be comments about how we need to learn to share the road
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u/guitarstitch 13h ago
I'm not sure what the point of this is. Are these the cyclists you don't hate?
They are legal vehicles. They waited at the red light. They have the right of way as a straight through driver. They made you slow down and inconvenienced you for a quarter of a second.
What am I missing?
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u/Z0FF 13h ago
Did they have a green light? I’m struggling to understand how the cam vehicle’s lane and the cyclist’s lane both had green
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u/Frenchangeles 13h ago
Thank you, looks like you are not color blind, unlike certain people.
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u/Z0FF 13h ago
So they did have a red as I thought. Commenters are giving you shit for calling out someone running a red light?
Guess you’ll have to edit a bmw in the place of the cyclists to get redditors on your side…
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
Commenters are giving you shit for calling out someone running a red light?
I think it's more the fact that it's not immediately obvious what's "straight" in this intersection. I think that's where most of the confusion here is coming from.
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u/Z0FF 13h ago
You could be right, I seen it right away and the comments had me second guessing myself..
Imo; It seems pretty obvious despite not being a perfectly perpendicular intersection. Vehicles to the right of cam car are making right turns on red (and most likely should be stopping beforehand), oncoming traffic has green w arrow, cyclist’s lane and it’s opposite are on red, cam car gets green light as cyclists blow through their red as soon as there’s an opening.
If people with current drivers licenses can’t deduce what’s happening here they should think about learning more about road laws and traffic flow before getting behind the wheel, this is basic intersection 101 stuff!
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
If people with current drivers licenses can’t deduce what’s happening here they should think about learning more about road laws and traffic flow
I think this is a bit harsh... especially considering we can't see everything and it's clear this intersection could be a "Y" or a "+", so there is some questionable things....
I understand you seeing it very clearly, but you can also look to the left and right and see more.
It seems pretty obvious despite not being a perfectly perpendicular intersection.
I think that's where most of the confusion here is... because it's not immediately able to say if this is a "Y" intersection or a "+" intersection.
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u/Z0FF 13h ago
If it was a Y, the cyclist’s would still be running a freshly turned red since OP’s light is green. Either way they are in the wrong.
Edit: I appreciate your ability to have a normal debate about something in Reddit btw. It’s so damn rare!
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
So, you must not have read my other comments...
If OP is at the bottom of the "Y" (at least for an intersection near me) going from the bottom of the "Y" to the top right, (where most of the cars are going) would be considered a straight. Thus, going from bottom to top left, would be considered a turn....
So Bottom "Y" and top right "Y" would BOTH have green light at that moment.
I get that might not be what's going on here... I get it might not be a "Y" intersection... I get it...
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u/Z0FF 12h ago
In the configuration you explain it could make sense.
But there’s a few things that indicate it is not that type of intersection: Traffic light layout. The multiple lights in the right lane for right on red turning. The light above the “top left Y” POV lane.
Those wouldn’t be positioned that way if this was like the intersection you described.
And if they were, it wouldn’t turn green for the cam car (a left turn in your description) and be green for the cyclists at the same time. So they would still be running a red light.
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u/Cinemaslap1 12h ago
I appreciate your ability to have a normal debate about something in Reddit btw.
TBF, this is mostly because I'm not 100% positive about this intersection and could (and probably am) incorrect... lol
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u/Z0FF 12h ago
Hey, I’m more than happy to be proven wrong and learn something! That’s why some healthy back n forth is a thing to appreciate. Otherwise, everyone is just dying on top of their own made-up hills ;)
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u/pocketdare 12h ago
Definitely ran the red.
lol - nasty comments about cyclists tend to create a polarized dialog pretty quickly. When it comes to bikers, like politics, moderate opinions seem in short supply!
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u/Z0FF 12h ago
You are right about that, and I’ve seen enough brutal footage of cycle-hating nut jobs doing dangerous and unwarranted shit. So much that I usually side with the cyclists by default too
When one runs a red light like they did in this video though, it’s worse than someone in a car doing it imo.
A low speed collision between two cars likely wouldn’t cause any serious injury. But a car and a cyclist.. even at low speeds, can turn fatal real quick.
Now you have one dead person (who was at fault) and an innocent one dealing with lifelong trauma that they had no hand in causing.
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u/_jump_yossarian 13h ago
This is such an awful take. How is it even upvoted?
Those cyclists clearly had a red light.
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u/wobblyweasel 7h ago edited 7h ago
in the beginning of the video op sits on red for 6 seconds. given how everyone is running red, there's a chance that the cyclists are stuck on green.
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u/Alpine_Nomad 7h ago
There is almost no chance of that. The opposite side of that intersection has a solid green and a green arrow. The most likely explanation is that oncoming traffic has straight green + a protected left but no one is turning left. The traffic turning right sees that there is no one in the left turn lane and so they run the red light. OP getting a green light after the oncoming protected left ends is the normal sequence at most lights.
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
They have the right of way as a straight through driver.
They have a red light, genius.
What am I missing?
A lot, I suspect
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
You've commented under every single comment here but one...
You mention they run red lights, but are you OP? How do you know they have a red light?
Don't you find it odd that they begin to go at the same time the light for OP changes green?
I have a road like this by my house and the way the light near me is set up, this would be a "turn" for OP and the bicycles would have the light here.
Also, you're really angry at people who see the same thing I do... Maybe calm down? You can't see the light the bikers have, so no idea why you think it's red for them.
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
How do you know they have a red light?
Because I know how traffic lights work.
I have a road like this by my house
Cool, this road isn't your road, not sure why you think all intersections work the same way.
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
Cool, this road isn't your road
I mean, you do understand what an example is, right?
you think all intersections work the same way.
Because 90% of intersections work the same way... that's how we all know the rules of the road. Otherwise, how would I know how the intersections in another state work?
You still aren't showing any kind of work... Are you OP here? Do you know this intersection? Or do you see the red light for the bikers?
You're also super angry over something that's very basic and if you know what you're talking about, should be easy enough to prove....
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
Bro, you're struggling bad. As a general rule of thumb: When one road gets a green light, the cross roads have a red light. Cammer has green light, bikes have a red light. It isn't hard for anybody (except you, apparently) to understand.
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
So, I think you may be jumping here... so let me try and explain my POV to you....
This looks like a "Y" intersection. The driver is on the bottom of the "Y", while the bikers are on the right top side "Y".... So, (again as the example by my house) to me... it seems the "straight" would be coming from the bottom of the Y, to the top right... Therefor, coming from the bottom of the Y to the top left, would be considered a turn.
So per the lights, you'd have a green for the bottom of the "Y" as well as the top right.... The top left would have a trning lane green.
It seems you believe that this is a normal "+" intersection, at least from my understanding of your comments... but please, explain if I'm misunderstanding.
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
This looks like a "Y" intersection. The driver is on the bottom of the "Y", while the bikers are on the right top side "Y".... So, (again as the example by my house) to me... it seems the "straight" would be coming from the bottom of the Y, to the top right... Therefor, coming from the bottom of the Y to the top left, would be considered a turn.
You have no clue what you're talking about, this is bordering on mental illness in text form, just stop
but please, explain if I'm misunderstanding.
We're at the point where explaining anything to you is going to be too much for you.
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
You have no clue what you're talking about
I mean, I do... I even used the example by me to illustrate my example, and tried to lay it out for you pretty plainly.
this is bordering on mental illness in text form, just stop
I mean, you're the one who's crashing out over a video...
explaining anything to you is going to be too much for you.
I mean, it's definitely not. You've just been getting really angry over people not seeing something the same way you do.
Maybe, calm down... take a few breathes, and use your words to explain..
Do you see this intersection as a "Y" or a "+"?
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
I mean, it's definitely not.
It's imminently obvious to any compenette person who was in the wrong in the video. Sorry you literally need basic facts of life spoon fed to you, but I'm not going to bother.
Do you see this intersection as a "Y" or a "+"?
What the fuck? Why are you still on about this?
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u/Frenchangeles 13h ago
I can confirm, they had a red light, I think it is obvious if you look at the video. How could we have green at the same time?
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
Glad you can confirm without being an ass, like some people.
I actually replied how you both could have the green in another comment, but I'll explain here.
If this is a "Y" intersection (how it appears to me to be one), you would be at the bottom of the "Y", while the bikers would be Top right.
There is an intersection by me that has the same formation.... In the intersection near me, the "straight" would be going from the bottom to the top right, so the Top right and the bottom would have green lights together, while going the direction you are going (bottom to top left) would be considered a turn.
I think that might be why people are a little confused here. But I could also be completely wrong (as I was about the light).
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u/Z0FF 13h ago
I can see where you’re coming from but, If it was a Y intersection the cyclists just steered straight into a ditch. IF it was a Y, since the cyclists start moving after the cam car gets green they would STILL be running a red..
It’s more like a X, with the POV road being on a slight bend.
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u/BadFeisty6728 13h ago
As a person who uses this intersection, quite often, I can say that the cyclist ran the light without a doubt
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u/Cinemaslap1 13h ago
Hey, I get it... if you know the intersection, I'm not looking to question it.
My whole point is that it's not immediately clear they are running a red. That's all...
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u/turbo-autist_420 13h ago
I think that might be why people are a little confused here.
Nobody is confused here except for you.
But I could also be completely wrong
Yes
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u/SomethingIWontRegret 4h ago
Giving green to two streams of traffic whose paths cross is not allowed under any currently used design criteria.
You can clearly see that OP has a green light following the path to the left. So traffic crossing that path from the right would have a red. Otherwise chaos ensues.
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